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Table 3 Clinical discharge diagnosis, case fatality and contribution to overall mortality in a neonatal care unit (N = 5033). Ranked according to case fatality

From: Cause-specific neonatal mortality in a neonatal care unit in Northern Tanzania: a registry based cohort study

Diagnosis**

Admitted

Case fatality

Proportion of deaths

 

n (%)

n (%)

(%)

RDS

99 (2.0)

52 (52.5)

9.7

Congenital malformation

111 (2.2)

49 (44.1)

9.1

Asphyxia

1351 (26.8)

321 (23.8)

59.9

Prematurity

930 (18.4)

208 (22.4)

38.8

MAS

103 (2.0)

8 (7.9)

1.5

Neonatal infection

776 (15.4)

58 (7.5)

10.8

Other conditions

230 (4.6)

8 (3.5)

1.5

Neonatal jaundice

174 (3.5)

5 (2.9)

0.9

Risk of infection

852 (16.9)

11 (1.3)

2.1

LGA (>4000 g)

538 (10.7)

5 (0.9)

0.9

Normal for observation

368 (7.3)

0

0

TTN

132 (2.6)

0

0

Growth characteristics

   

Birth weight <2500 g

1459 (29.0)

279 (19.1)

52.1

Gestational age <37 weeks

1178 (25.8)

217 (18.4)

40.5

  1. **A neonate having more than one diagnosis is counted more than once; therefore proportion of deaths exceeds 100%. Abbreviations: LGA (Large for gestational age), MAS (meconium aspiration syndrome), RDS (Respiratory Distress Syndrome), TTN (Transient Tachpnoea of Newborn).